[Hzur]

Hello,

some background - i already downgraded about 10 ps3's and everything went fine until this time... the problematic ps3 is a slim ps3(JTP-001 board) that came with 3.50 from the factory. i started the NOR dump and everything went fine... i checked the dump and everything seems ok(after all the checks in HxD. i have also done two more dumps just in case ill need them). then i installed the downgrade patch and again, everything went fine but when i reassembled the ps3 with the HDD in it the ps3 didnt turned on... i press the power button and then all i get is just one beep, red light turns into green(so far so good), but 3-5 seconds later the ps3 just cuts his own power off with no beeps no red light no nothing... then i press the power button again and i hear one beep and the red lights returns and i can turn the ps3 on again for few more seconds
i know its not the power supply(checked with a working one... no luck). i saw some posts about soldering the TRISTATE point to the SBE on the E3 flat cable still no luck... i tried soldering the tristate to a 3.3v on the board(i can post some pics if it may help) but always the same resault...

does anyone have any clue what i might do wrong?! is there any chance that this issue is hardware related??
any ideas on what can i do to keep the ps3 running long enough for me to rewrite the original dump so i can see if the ps3 is still among us??

any help would be much appreciated!!

thanks again!!
Hzur.

[3absiso]

First syggest, send the Dump here to be validated.
it was working perfectly before you did the downgrade?
if yes, it means there is something wrong happened along the downgrade,
So you are Using E3 Clip, i really do not like it and never use it.
if your dump is fine (after checking off coarse, it may the clip was not seated right along writing the NOR,

[ortis123]

solder tristate to sbe and reflash the patched bkpps3 with switches 100000. been there too. after reflashed everything went ok for me
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having switches 100000 (flashfun) will keep your ps3 on

[Hzur]

first of all, thanks guys for the fast replays!!

3absiso,
ill post my dump in the thread to make sure my dump does fine... i assumed something went wrong through the writing too but how do i get out of this situation

ortis123,
i tried soldering the TRISTATE to the SBE but it didnt work... i set the E3 to flash fun just like i saw in some threads but the PS3 just keeps turning off...

this is the pic i used to locate the TRISTATE in my board...

thanks again!!

[ortis123]

@Hzur did you made solid soldering? also e3 must be set to flashfun before you power it on. tristate point is right indicatet

[Hzur]

@ortis123 ,

its not my first soldering work... the point on the board is very solid... but the SBE point is a bit loose although i checked with a fluke and everything seems to be fine. is there any alternative soldering point i can use just to make sure?
the E3 panel was set to flashfun...

thanks again!

[ortis123]

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CECH-25xx (JTP-001) with 3.56 from factory -datecode 1A E9 60 0E 92 2F570 2F 53

i think your ps3 is in this section (according to your dump this are the values i get)

did you try it again. does it stay on?

[Hzur]

how could that be?
this PS3 was already on 3.55CFW before... and got updated at the dry times of the scene... also, i used(just to be sure) the update file that indicated which min version i can downgrade to and it indicated that it came with 3.50...

i want to try to solder the TRISTATE to a point on board since the SBE is a bit loose... to which point do i need to solder(according to the pic i posted)? to the 3.3V VCC or the GND? ( i saw posts saying different things...)

thanks again!!
Hzur

[ortis123]

yeah im not question that your ps3 was on 3.55 but i got them from ps3devwiki (it needs an update of course). sbe is on e3 ribbon. are you using ribbon or e3 linker?
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Originally Posted by Hzur how could that be? this PS3 was already on 3.55CFW before... and got updated at the dry times of the scene... also, i used(just to be sure) the update file that indicated which min version i can downgrade to and it indicated that it came with 3.50... i want to try to solder the TRISTATE to a point on board since the SBE is a bit loose... to which point do i need to solder(according to the pic i posted)? to the 3.3V VCC or the GND? ( i saw posts saying different things...) thanks again!! Hzur

tristate is on ps3, sbe on ribbon

[Hzur]

im using the ribbon(flat) cable... i know the SBE is on the ribbon thats why the soldering there is a bit loose(although checked contacts with fluke, seems fine). i want to solder the tristate to a point on board to check again.
if its not possible than im sorry for misunderstanding, i saw some threads saying that its possible...